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Podcast: GSMC Classics: Red Skelton
Episode: GSMC Classics: Red Skelton Episode 73: Rehearsal for May 5, 1942 Part 2 and How The Newspaper Affects People Part 1
Description: Red Skelton (18 July 1913 – 17 September 1997) was an American comedian best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV, night clubs and casinos, all while pursuing another career as a painter. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his radio and television work, is quoted as saying, "I just want to be known as a clown, because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything—sing, dance and above all...